More Questions on History
- Q. Who constructed the Khajuraho temples?
A)Sindhiya
B)Halkar
C)Bundela Rajput
D)Chandel Rajput
Answer: Chandel Rajput
- Q. Communal Representation was for the first time given in the interest of Muslims by
A)The Government of India Act of 1919
B)The Indian Council Act of 1909
C)The Government of India Act of 1935
D)The Act of 1858
Answer: The Indian Council Act of 1909
- Q. Which one was the capital city of Byzantine Empire
A)Rome
B)Venice
C)Vienna
D)Constantinople
Answer: Constantinople
- Q. Dadabhai Naroji has described his theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’ in the book
A)British Rule and its Consequences
B)Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
C)Exploitative Nature of British Rule in India
D)Nature of British Colonial Rule
Answer: Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
- Q. Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar?
A)Agra Fort
B)Gwalior Fort
C)Lahore Fort
D)Allahabad Fort
Answer: Gwalior Fort
- Q. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Irwin
C)Lord Curzon
D)Lord Linlithgow
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Which ascetics of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy influenced the Ramananda?
A)Krishna Cult
B)Kabirpanthi
C)Nathpanthi
D)None of the above
Answer: Nathpanthi
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
A)Mill-owners
B)Indigo
C)Plague
D)Fresh assessment of land
Answer: Indigo
- Q. Who united Norway, Denmark and, Sweden?
A)Eric of Pomerania
B)Albert, King of Sweden
C)Haakon VI of Norway
D)Margaret I of Denmark
Answer: Margaret I of Denmark
- Q. Who started the journal ‘The Commonweal’?
A)Annie Besant
B)N. G. Chandavarkar
C)M. G. Ranade
D)R. G. Bhandarkar
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The First Opium War started__________
A)1736
B)1729
C)1839
D)1939
Answer: 1839
- Q. In which of the following system of land settlement adopted by the English did provide more protection to the interest of farmers?
A)Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
B)Permanent Settlement of Bengal
C)Zamindari Settlement of Central States
D)Malgujari (land revenue) Settlement of United State
Answer: Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
- Q. Where were the hymns of Rigveda composed?
A)Gujarat
B)Punjab
C)Rajasthan
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Punjab
- Q. The historical monument Al Khazneh or The Treasury is located in the city of
A)Tehran
B)Baghdad
C)Giza
D)Petra
Answer: Petra
- Q. British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Company in the year
A)1858
B)1857
C)1859
D)1860
Answer: 1858
- Q. When was Brahmo Samaj split?
A)1826
B)1866
C)1843
D)1857
Answer: 1866
- Q. Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of
A)Pune
B)Chittor
C)Purandar
D)Torna
Answer: Purandar
- Q. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
A)Dunkirk
B)London
C)Paris
D)Liverpool
Answer: Dunkirk
- Q. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Iltutmish
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Balban
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society was started in March . . . . . and succeeded in transforming the minds in the traditional Muslim Society
A)1866
B)1766
C)1869
D)1870
Answer: 1866
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